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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 3

DURHAM, N.C.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26,2003

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Two studies released inde-

The news that Duke police may soon be patrolling around East Campus has elicited a sigh of relief from some students—but consternation among those who fear the Duke badge will frequent off-campus parties. A bill granting extended jurisdiction to the Duke University Police Department passed through the N.C. Coming lomorrow Senate and House of Re P re East Campus sentatives this neighbors Weigh summer, becomin on the changes ing law July 18. to DUPD patrols Und ! lr the ew law, Duke police officers are allowed to spread out their regular on-campus patrols to the area surrounding East Campus. Officials from both the University and the Durham Police Department said the new law could help free up Durham officers to patrol higher-crime areas. They also said they hoped Duke police could increase security by providing more regular patrols. Although some students said they were glad to have an in'

pendendy this summer from re-

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Sophomores Kendrall Felder and Ben Patrick shoot pool in the new third-floor game room ofMcClendon Tower.

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cupies the entire second floor, and the third floor is stocked with an assortment of parlor games like pool and air hockey. Altogether, the middle of the WEL is shaping up to be a central destination for those looking to blow off a little steam. “We saw a need for some more hangout space on campus, and the third floor really satisfies that,” said Campus Council President Anthony Vitarelli, whose organization passed a resolution last year requesting a game room and media room. “It’s really laid

Games, movies and television—an idle mind’s paradise. At Duke, however, students have had to wile away their hours in the relative seclusion of their rooms, commons rooms or the oft-deserted Bryan Center recreation rooms. Until now. The second and third floors of McClendon Tower in the West-Edens Link opened last week boasting an array of amusements and diversions for students. A small theater with a 60-

back, there’s seating in there, it’s a very free-form space, people can come and go as they please.” Student groups will be able to reserve either room through the Office of Student Activities, said Eddie Hull, residential life and housing services director. Possible uses for the media room include film screenings, speakers who use visual media in their presentations and Super Bowl and Oscar parties, as well as casual watching of cable television, videos and DVDs. SEEWEL ROOMS ON PAGE 7

searchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill highlighted a high risk of sexually transmitted diseases for young females and revealed a spike in HIV among male college students in the Triangle area, respectively. The Duke study, conducted by Dr. Kimberly Yarnall, associate professor of family medicine, focused on groups of young women from both the Durham and Seattle areas and reported few significant differences between the college student and non-student populations polled. Yarnall did note, however, that black college students from the Durham area were more likely to use condoms than any other group polled. ‘The biggest finding was that 78 percent of the women didn’t think they were at risk [for an STD],” Yarnall said. The study reported that nonstudents had slightly more risky behavior than students even though researchers had expected the opposite results. Women were more likely to have protected sex if their partners thought it SEE HIV STUDIES ON PAGE 7

Bigelow thinks big for Union by

Aaron Levine

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Duke University Union President Jonathan “Deuce” Bigelow is perhaps above all else a great movie fan. Not a good movie fan, a great one. It is a bit ironic, therefore, that his nickname comes from one of the worst flicks in recent memory—Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo—and it is a mixture of this love of fine films and weakness for an occasional irreverent flair that he hopes to use to guide his Union presidency this year. “Once the movie started getting publicity, myfriends immedi-

Student Leaders To Watch A five-day series this week continuing today with Jonathon Bigelow,president ofDuke University Union ately said ‘Deuce’,” Bigelow said The Lumberton, N.C., native’s main goal for the primary programming body on campus is to ensure that the Union remains a “well-oiled” machine. However, with a budget of more than $500,000 delegated to its 11 committees, the Union needs more than just the occa-

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sional sprite of WD-40. The allotted funds are provided by Duke students themselves via the student activities fee, which increased substantially this semester thanks to a student vote last year. Bigelow credits the vote to student confidence in the Union’s ability to develop activities on campus. “The fact that the SAF passed by such a large margin indicates that we must be doing something right,” Bigelow said. The Union has not been idle with the extra funding, already inking such top SEE BIGELOW ON PAGE 8

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